Who is right? Who is wrong?

In a normal day many of us tend to make judgments as to right or wrong. It seems that around election time the right or wrong dichotomy becomes even more visible. The media and the political parties push us to select one side or the other, and most of them want us to ignore the middle.

Shortly after joining my first job out of college, one of the senior engineers, Dan Sinto,  told me something that stuck with me to this date. Life is not about black or white, but about all the greys in between.

The best way to make progress is for all of us to find the grey areas between the extremes, the middle of the road.

You can read more about this in a great blog post by Leo Babauta: http://zenhabits.net/true-way/.

We also make progress when we become aware of our judgement of others or of ourselves. This awareness is growth in itself.

Is a NUC PC in your future?

It is a well-known fact that PCs have been becoming smaller over the years. And small PCs are not new; we have seen brick-size PCs in the past. However, these workstations were, generally, somewhat slow and limited.

But a new generation of very small computers is gaining popularity and their features are rather impressive.

Here is nice article about the new NUC PCs:

http://www.howtogeek.com/231978/htg-explains-what-is-a-nuc-pc-and-should-you-get-one/

Enjoy!

Windows 10 users banned from some websites

It appears some websites are banning Windows 10 users out of concern for how users of the new OS are being tracked: http://ind.pn/1h8fQVZ

In the small write up I received via email, it ends with this:

While most of these fears are a little ridiculous, we’ve already pointed out that there are at least 30 places that Windows is sending information back to Microsoft. We’re definitely in a different era — at this point you need to assume that everything you use is sending data back to somebody, and that includes your operating system. 

If you’re really worried about privacy, it’s probably time to switch to Linux.

Indeed, it is time for LINUX!

Personally, my system will soon go back to dual-booting. Linux will again be my main OS.

More Windows 10 articles

Here are four more good Windows 10 articles:

• How to Configure and Customize the Taskbar in Windows 10
• The Windows 10 FAQ: Everything You Need to Know
• How to Disable OneDrive and Remove It From File Explorer on Windows 10
• How to Personalize Windows 10’s Appearance

Windows 10 Tips & Tricks

Here are a few useful Windows 10 techniques that you may want to reference (all courtesy of How-to Geek):

• How to Uninstall Windows 10’s Built-in Apps (and How to Reinstall Them)
• How to Set Timers, Alarms, and Stopwatches in Windows 10
• How to Monitor Your Network Usage in Windows 10

Enjoy!

How to Legally Download Windows Install Media

I just came across a great article on How-To Geek that explains how to download and install various versions of Windows. This is very useful information in case you need to re-install or upgrade Windows.

Gmail and Yahoo Mail Conversations

One of the features of Google's GMail that I have disliked the most is the "conversation" display. It makes it hard to keep up with many email threads, especially if someone responds to an email changing the topic of the thread without changing the subject of the message.

Recently, Yahoo instituted the "conversation" schema in the Yahoo! Mail service.

Fortunately, you can disable the "conversation" mode for both. Here is how to do it.

Gmail

1. Click the settings icon on the right-top corner and then select "Settings"
   
2. Look down the page a little and find the"Conversation View" setting.
3. Click on the "Conversation view off" radio button
   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Save Changes" button
   

Yahoo

1. Click the settings icon on the right-top corner and then select "Settings"
   
2. On the left, select "Viewing email"
   
3. The top choice will be "When viewing message lists" and to the right there will be a checkbox labeled "Enable conversations"; make sure that checkbox is not checked on.
   
4. Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the panel.